Programming for Programmers- Free Online Course

The Course

If you know one or more programming languages but would like to know more about programming per se, this course is for you.

The 5 Lessons

1

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (352 pages)

By Andrew Hunt, David Thomas. Programmers are craftspeople trained to use a certain set of tools (editors, object managers, version trackers) to generate a certain kind of product (programs) that will operate in some environment (operating systems on hardware assemblies). Like any other craft, computer programming has spawned a ...
2

Head First Design Patterns (676 pages)

By Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra. You're not alone. At any given moment, somewhere in the world someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a flat tire), so you look to Design Patterns--the lessons learned by those who've faced the same problems. With ...
3

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition (322 pages)

By Frederick P. Brooks. _The_ classic book on the human elements of software engineering. Software tools and development environments may have changed in the 21 years since the first edition of this book, but the peculiarly nonlinear economies of scale in collaborative work and the nature of individuals and groups has not ...
4

Quotations for Learning and Programming (13534 words)
"Computer Science is the first engineering discipline in which the complexity of the objects created is limited solely by the skill of the creator, and not by the strength of raw materials."
5

Code Complete, Second Edition (960 pages)

By Steve McConnell. Synthesizes the most effective techniques and must-know principles into one clear coding guide. Shows how to design for maximum creativity, debug problems effectively, build quality at all stages of a project, and more. Previous edition: c1993. Softcover. DLC: Computer ...